diff --git a/tools/cache/delta_fifo.go b/tools/cache/delta_fifo.go
index 82038e0f..54b81766 100644
--- a/tools/cache/delta_fifo.go
+++ b/tools/cache/delta_fifo.go
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 
 	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+	utiltrace "k8s.io/utils/trace"
 )
 
 // DeltaFIFOOptions is the configuration parameters for DeltaFIFO. All are
@@ -526,6 +528,7 @@ func (f *DeltaFIFO) Pop(process PopProcessFunc) (interface{}, error) {
 		}
 		id := f.queue[0]
 		f.queue = f.queue[1:]
+		depth := len(f.queue)
 		if f.initialPopulationCount > 0 {
 			f.initialPopulationCount--
 		}
@@ -536,6 +539,18 @@ func (f *DeltaFIFO) Pop(process PopProcessFunc) (interface{}, error) {
 			continue
 		}
 		delete(f.items, id)
+		// Only log traces if the queue depth is greater than 10 and it takes more than
+		// 100 milliseconds to process one item from the queue.
+		// Queue depth never goes high because processing an item is locking the queue,
+		// and new items can't be added until processing finish.
+		// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/103789
+		if depth > 10 {
+			trace := utiltrace.New("DeltaFIFO Pop Process",
+				utiltrace.Field{Key: "ID", Value: id},
+				utiltrace.Field{Key: "Depth", Value: depth},
+				utiltrace.Field{Key: "Reason", Value: "slow event handlers blocking the queue"})
+			defer trace.LogIfLong(100 * time.Millisecond)
+		}
 		err := process(item)
 		if e, ok := err.(ErrRequeue); ok {
 			f.addIfNotPresent(id, item)